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The ruling was overturned, so was a precedent really set?
by i_cant_speel 8y ago
The ruling was overturned, so was a precedent really set?
- superkuh 8y agoI guess not. But he was still in prison for 2 years. And anyone else can be put in prison for 2 years without actually comitting a crime too. The CFAA is just that vague. And they likely won't have the legal support that weev did. That's the real precedent here. The feds can and will throw you in prison for years for not comitting a crime.
- emiliobumachar 8y agoFrom Wikipedia: "On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit issued an opinion vacating Auernheimer's conviction, on the basis that the venue in New Jersey was improper.[48][49] While the judges did not address the substantive question on the legality of the site access, they were skeptical of the original conviction, noting that no circumvention of passwords had occurred and that only publicly accessible information was obtained.[50] He was released from prison on April 11, 2014.[51]" My (foreign layman's) take on it is that the lower court precedent still stands, as it was not formally overturned.